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- Mrs. J. Dwight CLARKE, 77, Milton,
died at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30, in Edgerton
- Memorial hospital where she had been
a patient since Sunday night. She had suffered head injuries
in a fall in her home at suppertime Sunday and was found lying
on the kitchen floor about 8 o'clock by Mrs. Vincent RAUKUCE
who had gone in to make a neighborly call. She never regained
consciousness.
- Funeral services will be held at 2
p.m. Friday in the Milton Seventh Day Baptist
- church, the Rev. Elmo F. Randolph officiating.
Burial will be in Milton cemetery. Friends may call at the Fray
funeral home Thursday evening.
- Beatrice, eldest child of Stillman
F. and Sarah DAVIS LOWTHER, was born Feb.
- 14, 1877, at Salem, W. Va. After graduating
from Salem College and Alfred University, she taught music and
at the time of her marriage Oct. 12, 1904, to J. Dwight CLARKE,
Milton, she was head of Salem College music department. They
lived on a farm near Milton until 1919 when they moved to the
village. Mr. CLARKE died June 20, 1953.
- Mrs. CLARKE was a member of
Milton Seventh Day Baptist church, circle 3 of the
- church, the W.V.I. club of which she
was past president, Milton Historical society, the D.A.R., and
a long time member of the Milton Choral Union. She was a former
member of the Milton school board. She served as census taker
in 1930 and 1940. For several years she was manager of Milton
College cafeteria.
- Mrs. CLARKE is survived by a
son, Prof. Walton D. CLARKE, Kent, Ohio; two
- granddaughters, Barbara and Martha
CLARKE; and three sisters, Mrs. Mabel BOND, Kent,
O., Mrs. Clelie SUTTON, Winchester, Va., and Miss Mildred
LOWTHER, Salem, W. Va. The late S. Norton LOWTHER,
Milton, was a brother. [Thursday edition, p. 3]
- Mrs. John B. CRANDALL, Milton,
formerly of Milton Junction, died at 10:30 p.m.
- Sunday in Edgerton Memorial hospital
where she had been a patient since suffering injuries in a fall
in her home a few days previously.
- The former Addie [F.] WHITFORD
was born in Utica, Wis., Aug. 13, 1863, the
- daughter of John and Ada Jane WHITFORD.
She was educated at Big Foot Academy in Walworth and at Milton
College and was a teacher until her marriage to Mr. CRANDALL
April 3, 1884. Mr. CRANDALL was a painting and decorating
contractor here for many years.
- She was a resident of Milton Junction
and Milton practically all her married life. Until
- her health failed in 1939 she was active
in the Milton Junction Seventh Day Baptist church.
- Surviving are three daughters, Miss
Bernice CRANDALL, at home, Mrs. Theodrick
- (Winifred) BRADFORD, Pontiac,
Mich., and Mrs. Homer (Flora) DE LONG, Eau Claire. Her
husband, one grandson and her only sister preceded her in death.
- The funeral was held at 2 p. m. Wednesday
in the Albrecht funeral home, the Rev.
- Kenneth Smith officiating. Burial was
in Milton Junction cemetery. [Thursday edition, p. 3]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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